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Originally Posted by Jimmy
The Air Force is hardly clamoring for a new bomber. They want one, sure. But its well on the back burner right now, behind a dozen other priorities that DO need more money. New fighters, tankers, upgrades to C-130s, C-5s, C-17s, A-10s, etc. Oh yeah, and trying to avoid the massive personnel cuts that are occurring as we speak.
Also, I've not heard ANY plans to build any new B-52s or even return some of the mothballed airframes into service.
But yeah the Army needs more money too.
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Gregg Easterbrook:
"the Pentagon plans to spend a gasp-inducing $320 billion on thousands of new fighter jets, but has nothing budgeted for new bombers for at least another decade; the Air Force actually says the Kennedy-era B-52 bomber will remain in service until 2037—when any still capable of getting airborne will be 80 years old."
Maybe some part of USAF is calling for new bombers, I dont know. Right now it is total unimportant.